About Jenna
Jenna Fischer spent five years at the United States Institute of Peace, working on programs in the Middle East region with a focus on the role of women, religious leaders, and local and tribal leaders in peacebuilding and conflict resolution. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in Conflict Resolution at Georgetown University. In 2024, she served as a Fellow with the Israeli-Palestinian Affairs team in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. From February to April 2025, Jenna was in Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank, volunteering with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence, providing Palestinian communities with protective presence in the face of displacement and settler violence. She lived in the village of Umm al Khair, and was close friends with Awdah Hathaleen, who was murdered by an Israeli settler on July 28, 2025.
Her lived experience—as both a practitioner and a witness—shapes her work helping Jewish communities reflect on identity, safety, and moral responsibility in this moment.
About 2J3O
The American Jewish community is experiencing deep internal division—especially around questions of Israel, belonging, and identity. Many Jews feel disconnected or unsure how to talk about what they believe, or even what they’re feeling.
2J3O was created to meet that need: a space where Jewish communities can slow down, listen, and process the questions that shape this moment.
My approach draws on conflict resolution and Jewish tradition to help participants engage difference with honesty and compassion. The goal is not agreement, but understanding—creating the conditions for communities to stay in relationship through complexity.
In my work, we explore questions like:
What does Jewish identity mean in this moment?
What does safety look and feel like—for us and for others?
How do we hold the tensions of power, responsibility, and moral witness?
These are examples, not limits. Every conversation is shaped by the people in the room, their experiences, and their needs.
2J3O grew out of Jenna’s experience working in peacebuilding and Jewish dialogue during a time of increasing polarization within the American Jewish community. Many Jews feel unsure how to talk about Israel and Palestine—or even how to process what these issues bring up personally and communally.
2J3O offers a model of engagement rooted in listening and self-reflection, grounded in Jewish tradition and the principles of conflict transformation. Rather than trying to “solve” disagreement, Jenna’s approach helps people hold complexity, name what feels hard, and stay connected through it.
